State needed Ronnie Milsap’s farm for S.R. 840
“When the state built the final 14-mile stretch of State Route 840 through Williamson County, it took a great deal of land through eminent domain including that of country star Ronnie Milsap. The Tennessee Department…
Feds: No eminent domain in Paint Rock Wildlife Refuge
“Keith Springs Mountain residents in Franklin County have aired their opposition to the proposed Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge, largely based on an eminent domain threat, but the federal government says in writing it…
Tennessee Voices: Eminent domain no excuse for property owner abuse
“Most Tennesseans are unaware that the government can force them to sell their property — their home, their farm, their business — just because someone else has a better idea of what to do with…
Nashville landowner prevails in eminent domain battle against city
“Nashville must make up for the fair market value for the $15 million a private developer said it lost when city officials used eminent domain laws to take its land to build the Music City…
Metro to pay Tower millions in Music City Center lawsuit
“Nashville’s most expensive construction project ever just got a lot more costly. The city has lost its fight with Tower Investments over the value of the land the city took to build the Music City…
Bragg: City provides condemnation information
“As a rapidly growing city, Murfreesboro often is widening roads, building roads and rehabilitating and extending water and sewer lines and electric service. Our city usually must acquire property for rights of way and easements….
Eminent domain puts land owner on the skids
“Liles, who owned the property that held the Lamp Gallery, Hudson’s Flower Shop and Country Curtains, wanted $600,000 for the property, but the county offered only $400,000, according to Carr. After Liles spent $80,000 and…
Eminent domain puts land owner on the skids
“One of the most interesting points about eminent domain is that the burden lies on the property owner to prove that he’s seeking fair compensation for the land. In Huebner’s case, he had gotten $17,500…
City postpones taking man’s home for greenway
““My savior was City Council’s conscience,” said David McCurry, whose home outside the city’s boundary on Barfield Road overlooks the river. “They could not with good conscience put me out of my home. Somebody in…
Eminent Domain Farm Fight Goes to Court – Erika Lathon
“An eminent domain fight moves from the farm to the courtroom. The two hundred acre Jarrell Legacy Farm has been in the family for six generations. Because of the farms high elevation, the West Warren-Viola…